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Liv Bruce (left) and Ben Hopkins of PWR BTTM.

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Just An Average (Glitter-Covered, Gender-Neutral, Utopian) Rock Band

10:54am August 02, 2016

by Marissa Lorusso

PWR BTTM uses familiar pop-punk sounds as a Trojan horse to inject inclusive, campy identity politics into rock stereotypes. No matter who you are, it's easy to feel like you're in on the joke.

A still from the Brazilian band Cabruêra's video for their song "Beira Mar" (Seashore).

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Latitudes: Hear Great Global Music Right Now

8:00am August 02, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Check out new sounds that range from pummeling post-rock to glossy pop from Brazil, Haiti (by way of Chicago), France (by way of Argentina), Albania and Korea.

Jane Lane and Daria Morgendorffer from the MTV series Daria.

MTV Looks To Capitalize On Nostalgia With New 'Classic' Channel

7:18pm August 01, 2016

by Stephen Thompson

MTV turns 35 Monday, and is marking the occasion with a channel called MTV Classic, which will air MTV programming from the 1990s and 2000s.

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Bondax's "Love Me Blind [feat. Eric Hassle]" is featured on this week's episode of Metropolis.

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Metropolis: 07/30/2016

6:42pm August 01, 2016

by Jason Bentley

Hear music from The Avalanches, Glass Animals and Kungs in this week's two-hour EDM mix from KCRW's Jason Bentley.

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World Cafe Next: The Marcus King Band

5:10pm August 01, 2016

The 22-year-old blues-rock guitarist is clearly an old soul. Hear two songs from his forthcoming album.

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Violent Femmes On World Cafe

4:01pm August 01, 2016

Hear original members Gordon Gano and Brian Ritchie play "Gone Daddy Gone" and other songs, both new and old, for a live audience.

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Kevin Morby: Tiny Desk Concert

2:00pm August 01, 2016

by Bob Boilen

The singer, known for his work in the bands Woods and The Babies, performs carefully crafted songs with powerful lyrics. Morby released his new album, Singing Saw, earlier this year.

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The 'Colorless City' And Odd Characters Behind The New German Wave Of The 70s

1:26pm August 01, 2016

by Ed Ward

Rock historian Ed Ward says that musicians in Düsseldorf, Germany, including Klaus Dinger of the band Neu!, helped start a new German pop movement in the 1970s and '80s.

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Lubomyr Melnyk has been clocked playing 19 notes per second.

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Songs We Love: Lubomyr Melnyk, 'sunset'

9:53am August 01, 2016

by Tom Huizenga

The Ukrainian pianist's torrent of notes can sweep one away, like stepping into the current of a fast-flowing river.

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Doc McKinney: 'There's Enough Bad Music Out There'

8:00am August 01, 2016

The producer and manager, who's worked with The Weeknd, Drake, Young Buck, Esthero and thestand4rd, is fighting the good fight.

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